On Sun, 10 May 2009 17:29:02 -0400, Wes wrote:
Pete Keillor wrote:
I picked up my youngest son at the Detroit airport on Friday in the
wee hours. I got a room at the airport Westin, and he joined me when
his flight got in. He's on leave from Yuma MCAS for three weeks.
Assuming aviation, fixed wing or rotary? I think I spent 6 weeks on a det in Yuma, I
liked the place.
Friday, we drove home, got his pistol purchase license, and drove over
to Jay's in Clare. He picked up a Kimber. I thought I was going to
have to load in order to make it go bang, but yesterday, he found a
box of 250 230 gr. FMJ's that just came in at a sporting goods store
in town.
Jay's didn't have .45 ammo? Things must be getting very, very, bad.
Yesterday evening, we ran a hundred rounds through it,
another hundred through his M4, and fifty developmental loads through
my old .45 LC Blackhawk. Lots of fun. He had one failure to feed.
Is he allowed to take the kimber with him if he goes back overseas?
I refrained from buying a 1911 because we've decided to put the house
on the market and get us back to Texas when it sells. I've got enough
stuff to move already, and I won't need any extra state paperwork in
Texas. I'm taking the machine tools with me. Number 2 son has a
commercial license, so I'll rent a liftgate truck when the time comes,
and load the shop stuff on there. I'm kind of hoping I don't have to
do another Michigan winter.
Sorry to see you flee Michigan but Texas is a nice place to be. I hear Austin is sorta
like Ann Arbor so avoid it 
Wes
Thanks, everybody. Matt's MOS is engineering equipment operator, and
he's in a repair company, not aviation. Also does hazmat, toolroom.
If he goes to the sandbox, there is probably a way to take the kimber,
just not officially. So far, he's volunteered a couple times, but
been turned down (they said he's mission critical, which sounds like
bs to me for a lcpl in a repair company). He's going to have to pull
some strings to get out of there.
Jay's was not only out of ammo, but out of bullets. It's bad, all
right. I've had better luck online, and that's spotty as hell.
On the subject of Texas, I'm not seeking work, being retired. My wife
is still working, but long term, all our family is in Texas, so that's
where we want to be. I can't get my wife to live on the coast because
of the hurricanes (we've both been through plenty of those), so we'll
probably relocate somewhere in the Brazos valley or near the hill
country. I don't really like the crowding or politics in Austin, so
it wouldn't be in the city. The sprawl is pretty bad, too.
Our main consideration is the #1 son, who has cerebral palsy and
moderate mental retardation. We'll locate somewhere he can have
access to transportation, potential employment, and independent
living, as much as possible. Right now he lives in his own condo,
with support staff a couple hours a day. The downside of Texas is
that level of support has a waiting list about a decade long. So we
figure we'd better get him back and on the list before we get too old.
He misses the family as well, so we're all looking forward to getting
back.
Michigan has its attractions, mainly a nice summer, but the winter is
very loooong. The trees started leafing out just in the last two
weeks. We never did get proficient at fresh water fishing. At least
the old iron has been plentiful.
Right now, instead of enjoying retirement, I'm facing the prospect of
culling junk and getting ready to move. Yuck. It'll be good once
it's over.
Pete